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“insist upon yourself. be original.”
~ emerson
original
1. not derived from something else; fresh and unusual.
2. showing a marked departure from previous practice; new: a truly original approach.
3. productive of new things or new ideas; inventive: an original mind.
...cadê o frio ???...
HDR from 3 exposures (-2,0,2)
Today´s Soundtrack: Jordan Rudess - Screaming Head
Bom Domingo...
Look at it! How did they manage to build this thing? It's all curves and angles. It's bent, twisted and sloping. There's only one vertical line on that edge where two planar surfaces meet before they zoom off into some mind bending perspective. It looks unreal, like Escher sketched it! Actually quiet a bit of the fabric of the Sydney Opera House is just that: unreal. What you can see here that looks like red granite is actually terrazzo, the "marble" of the "sails" is ceramic tiles and where the "front" windows — hidden away to the left and out of shot — are copper-coloured glass, the equivalent space above is actually copper. There are so many deceits.
If you turned around, you'd stare into the low Autumn sunshine making a silhouette of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Estonian-born and US-based architect Louis Kahn was pivotal in getting this place built as a mover and shaker on the design selection committee. Good for him! He is reputed to have exclaimed "The sun did not know how beautiful its light was until it was reflected off this building". I'm really impressed: I managed to spell silhouette correctly. It's a stumbling block.
No, I'm not here doing a tourist brochure for Sydney. It doesn't need one. I'm here because this place is so familiar that on most occassions occasions I wouldn't give it a second look. It's in my backyard, so I ignore it. That's such a silly notion. But it's true. It took me years to walk across the Bridge and visit Wendy's Secret Garden; I haven't been to Luna Park since 1976, and so on.
Most importantly, I'm here because I can. I'm here because its here. I'm here out of wonder and nostalgia. I'm going inside. Here's the thing. I'm going inside for the first time in all of the 51 years since it was opened and 55 years after I was, for the first and only time previously under those "sails". I'm quite emotional.
Colours, shapes, clarity, beauty, light, dark
...... How Lucky you are if you are indeed viewing my image without distress, discomfort or concern.
If you haven't already done so please take time to view my other image which connects & pieces together the growing problem we often dont think about.
I've never managed to work out why there are so many pylons around this area. I'm not aware of a power station or similar in the vicinity. Standing on the top of a hill not far away and casting an eye over the landscape there are loads of them :-(
One day I might grab a pair of binoculars and count them out of some kind of morbid curiosity. Just to put my mind at rest n all that.
Anyone interested in this kind of thing can maybe take a look at my 'Seriously. What the **** were they thinking?" Flickr album which contains a few photos of houses that people have bought with a pylon close to the property. Bewildering. Behind the trees in the valley there looks to be a nice stone building. What a terrible outlook.
One thing I have always dearly loved about where I live is the breathtaking skies. Florida has its share of turbulent weather, which often brings very dramatic cloud formations. On windy days, if can be like watching a kaleidoscope of billowy change ups that create scene after scene of intense beauty!
I took many shots on this particular day at Ponce Inlet. It was impressive, with such low lying cloud formations that if felt like you could almost reach out and touch them. The ocean was more green than normal for this area, which didn't come through in the original shot, so I brought that out in post processing.
I'd like to thank those of you who have been praying for my friend, Don Briggs, over the last few days. He's really had a trying time, and is back home recouping and getting much needed rest. Please pray for his continued recovery and strength. He still isn't feeling very well, as could be expected after having a stroke. He was well enough last night to post a remarkable grasshopper shot, though, so I hope you'll check it out! www.flickr.com/photos/donbriggs/28718709431/in/dateposted/
“Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in.”
-Leonard Cohen, “Anthem”
font: Russell Write
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isaac watts
How doth the little busy bee
Improve each shining hour,
And gather honey all the day
From every shining flower!
BNSF train H-STLTUL (St. Louis to Tulsa) hauls ass westbound passed the old Frisco searchlight signals in Eureka, MO, on the BNSF Cuba sub. These are *supposed* to be replaced at some point this year, and with the year winding down, one has got to ask, "How Much Longer?"
How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
John Muir
(deep from my archive....)
wish you a wonderful weekend :)
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Hey,
I had a lot of traffic recently and many of you asked me how I do such photos, here is the trick:
Several inches of fresh snow is not quite how I was hoping to start off April, but it sure makes for photogenic settings. I couldn't resist visiting this guy who was cooperative as always. I've yet to capture him in full display but have seen him perform this behavior more frequently over the past few days, so hopefully after a week of nice weather things will start getting interesting.
You always wanted a lover
I only wanted a job
I’ve always worked for my living
How’m I gonna get through?
How’m I gonna get through?
I come here looking for money
(Got to have it)
and end up leaving with love
Now you’ve left me with nothing
(Can’t take it)
How’m I gonna get through?
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